Question

41. The quotation At first my father crouched under the blow, then he broke in two, like a dry tree struck by lightning, and collapsed uses a ________________ to do what

Answer 1

simile

Step-by-step explanation:

Simile is a comparison between things of different kinds to make a description more intense. In "Night," the author Elie Wiesel makes use of simile to describe the severity of the beating his father receives and how his father fails to resist it. As Elie watches the scene, he feels that there is nothing he can do and becomes mad at his father.